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Five hopes pig will bring home the bacon
Production has begun on new Five and Nick Jr pre-school animation Peppa Pig, following a finance and co-production deal between Contender Entertainment Group (CEG) and Astley Baker Davies, writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Backpack camera captures punters' views
Following hot on the heels of such technological wizardry as 'boulder-cam', 'ant-cam' and 'barnacle-cam', BBC Sport's first 'crowd-cam' debuts this weekend at the RBS Six Nations rugby tournament.
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Aussie wildlife next for NHU
The BBC is to turn its wildlife focus to Australasia in a major series from the Natural History Unit (NHU), writes Leigh Holmwood.
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Brian Waddell chasing time once again
National Geographic Channel has commissioned a second series of fast-moving travel-adventure show Chasing Timefrom Northern Ireland indie Brian Waddell Productions Limited. The 13 x 30-minute series follows contestants as they try to navigate various cities. Trey Farley will once again present the show. Two production ...
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BBC brings back 70s Superstars
Superstars , the show that made a household name of judo master Brian Jacks and saw Kevin Keegan knocked off his bicycle, is returning to BBC1 for a full series, writes Colin Robertson.
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5 Live gears up to air rolling news from war
BBC Radio 5 Live controller Bob Shennan has turned to Julian Worricker and Peter Allen to front the station's coverage of the expected war against Iraq, writes John Plunkett.
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C4 capitalises on The Salon hit
Channel 4 has extended the run of its weekday reality series The Salonby six weeks after strong ratings, writes Penny Hughes.
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Coogan to play Samuel Pepys in BBC2 film
The BBC's drama, arts and entertainment departments are set to come together for the first time in order to dramatise the life of diarist Samuel Pepys for a major new BBC film. Steve Coogan will star as Pepys in the landmark BBC2 film, working titled ...
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C4 confirms York for drama role
Channel 4 has confirmed BBC head of drama series John Yorke as its new drama head, writes Penny Hughes
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Film Four Lab's Gutch quits
Head of Film Four Lab Robin Gutch is to leave the experimental film-making division after four years to move into independent film and drama production, writes Penny Hughes
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ITV joins interactive revolution
ITV has signed a major agreement with BSkyB to develop a range of interactive services for its three channels in a move that will finally see it catch up with its competitors, writes Leigh Holmwood
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Full BBC services on Freeview from Friday
The BBC is to put the remainder of its national radio stations onto Freeview this Friday (14 February), taking the total of BBC radio channels available on the new DTT platform up to 11, writes Luke Satchell
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Granada to make Jackass UK
Shock-TV standard-bearer Jackass, the MTV show which made a household name of Johnny Knoxville for performing bizarre and sick stunts, is to be the inspiration behind a new half-hour Granada format, writes Luke Satchell
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Beeb lead fans off the rails
Thanks to the manipulations of BBC Television, the rugby match between Wales and England at Cardiff's Millenium Sta...
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Blue Peter team back for a film they made earlier
This Blue Peter team was one of the most famous line-ups in broadcasting history. Now the trio of John Noakes, Pete...
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Joan Collins TV proves a turn-off
Channel Health, a digital television channel backed by actor Joan Collins, is on the verge of going into liquidatio...
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Southerners rebel over hillbilly reality TV show
The CBS show that relocated a family from the American rural south has come under fire from a Kentucky campaign gro...
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Murdoch praises Blair's 'courage'
Rupert Murdoch has given his full backing to war, praising George Bush as acting 'morally' and 'correctly' and desc...
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ITN shareholders call for single owner to compete with news rivals
ITN demanded yesterday that all ownership restrictions on the commercial TV news operation be lifted, allowing ITV ...